Michigan Laws 324.17504 – Information; confidentiality; exemption from disclosure
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.17504
- Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.17501
- Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
- Recyclable materials: means that term as it is defined in section 11505. See Michigan Laws 324.17501
- Recycling: means an action or process, such as separation, sorting, baling, or shipping, applied to reportable recyclable materials for the purposes of reuse or conversion into raw materials or new products. See Michigan Laws 324.17501
- Recycling establishment: means an establishment engaged in recycling of, or brokering of, reportable recyclable materials. See Michigan Laws 324.17501
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), information contained in a report from a recycling establishment under this part is confidential, shall not be disclosed by the department, and is exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(2) The department may aggregate data contained within reports submitted from recycling establishments under this part for the purpose of determining statewide quantities of reportable recyclable materials that were recycled. Subsection (1) does not apply to this aggregated data but does apply to information identifying a recycling establishment.